exelsis wrote...
Tali wears 2-3 layers of clothing at a minimum. A thin, skintight inner layer to reduce chafing and other effects of prolonged confinement, and 1-2 outer layers, consisting of the environsuit itself, covered by the armored layer which may or may not be attatched. I'm in the 3 layer camp.
This is consistent with my views.
Anyone who has ever tried to wear a wetsuit (or any other skintight outfit) for an extended period of time will know that chafing becomes a problem. Now try wearing one without underwear (e.g. swimming trunks) so the chafing applies to your genitals.
Excepting the common excuses of "mass effect fields" or "space magic" (which are both functionally no different from "a wizard did it"), or the posibility of the quarians having skin that is nothing like human skin (the official Tali picture seems to suggest that isn't the case), wearing nothing but an environmental suit simply wouldn't be comfortable.